Press Releases
Bush Congratulates St. Louis Public Library on Receiving 2022 National Medal
St. Louis, M.O.— Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) issued the below statement following the announcement that the St. Louis County Library received the 2022 Medal for Museum and Library Services. This award is the highest honor given to libraries that are making exceptional contributions to their community. St. Louis County library was one out of six recipients to receive this award. “Every family deserves to feel supported in our community,” said Congresswoman Cori … Continue Reading
June 16, 2022
Bush Announces Federal Review of Coldwater Creek Cleanup
WASHINGTON D.C.-Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee released the below statement announcing a federal review of Coldwater Creek. The study, which will be conducted by the Government Accountability Office, comes as a result of a July 2021 request from Congresswoman Bush and House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney who asked the agency to conduct a thorough evaluation of the Army Corps of Engineers' Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial … Continue Reading
June 15, 2022
Statement on No Vote for S. 4160, Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022
Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), voted against S. 4160, Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022. Below is her statement explaining her vote: “Since news of the Supreme Court leak informing us that the court plans to ban abortion care for millions of people Mitch McConnell has sought to distract and derail any legitimate Congressional action to protect abortion and those who seek it. The Supreme Court already has a police force charged with protecting our Justices. What Congress ought to … Continue Reading
June 15, 2022
Bush Announces 2022 Congressional App Competition for MO-1 Students
ST. LOUIS, MO – Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) announced that her office is hosting a 2022 Congressional App Challenge, a competition designed to encourage middle and high school students to learn how to code by creating their own applications. The Challenge is designed to promote innovation and engagement in computer science. Students are encouraged to register online starting today and submit their app by November 1st. Officially launched by the U.S. House of Representatives … Continue Reading
June 13, 2022
Bush, Crow Applaud White House Use of Defense Production Act for Renewable Energy, Urge House Passage of Companion Energy Security Bill
ST. LOUIS, MO– Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) released the below statement following President Biden’s announcement that the administration would invoke the Defense Production Act to invest in renewable energy to reduce energy prices, create jobs, and take on the climate crisis. In April 2022, the two lawmakers, along with Senator Bernie Sanders, introduced H.R. 7439, alongside 33 of their colleagues, to reduce climate impacts and energy … Continue Reading
June 08, 2022
Bush Helps Pass Bipartisan Water Resources Development Act, Advances $90 Million for St. Louis
WASHINGTON D.C.- Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), voted in support of H.R. 7776, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022. Congresswoman Bush secured new environmental infrastructure authority for Missouri's First Congressional District in the bill, which authorizes $90 million for safe wastewater and drinking water systems in St. Louis County and St. Louis City. This bipartisan legislation would provide funding for critical investments in the United States' aquatic … Continue Reading
June 02, 2022
Bush, Warren, Colleagues Blast Amazon for Proposed Worker Chat App that Reportedly Blocks Discussions about Work Conditions and Unionization Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C.,— Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Mo.) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) as well as U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), in sending a letter to Amazon’s President and CEO, Andy Jassy, demanding answers about the company’s proposed worker chat application (Proposed App), which reportedly would ban workers from using certain words and phrases, restricting their ability to discuss … Continue Reading
June 02, 2022
Bush, Maloney, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Amazon Comply with Oversight Investigation into the Company’s Labor Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C.,— Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent a letter to Andy Jassy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.com, demanding that Amazon comply with the Committee’s March 31, 2022, request for documents and information related to Amazon’s labor practices during severe weather events following the deaths of six Amazon workers during a December 2021 … Continue Reading
June 01, 2022
Bush, Cleaver Demand Answers from GKN Aerospace Executives Surrounding Plant Closure
ST. LOUIS, MO,— Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) sent a letter to David Paja and Shawn Black, GKN Aerospace executives, regarding the planned 2023 closure of the GKN Aerospace Plant in Hazelwood, MO. “For the past two decades, GKN has provided a thousand jobs for people and families across the St. Louis region,” the Members wrote. “The recent announcement that the facility would close next year came as a … Continue Reading
May 31, 2022
Bush Leads 14 Colleagues in Urging State Department to Intervene to Prevent Israel’s Forced Displacement of Over 1,000 Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) led 14 of her colleagues in sending U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken an urgent letter on the government of Israel’s imminent threat to forcibly transfer and displace at least 1,000 Palestinian residents, including 500 children, of the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank. “We call upon the Department of State to exert all available diplomatic pressure to ensure that Israel does not move … Continue Reading
May 26, 2022
Bush introduces Coldwater Creek Signage Act to Keep Residents Safe from Toxins in St. Louis Water
St. Louis, MO— Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, introduced the Coldwater Creek Signage Act, a key step in the process of preventing illness and cleaning up the local creek currently filled with dangerous radioactive Manhattan Project waste that has never been fully cleaned. During the Second World War, Coldwater Creek passed near prominent sites for the development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan … Continue Reading
May 25, 2022
Bush Commends Biden Policing Accountability Initiative, Reiterates Urgency to Transform Public Safety
WASHINGTON D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the below statement following President Biden’s announcement of a new Executive Order on policing: “I commend President Biden for taking the long overdue step of enhancing transparency and ensuring greater accountability in the American policing system. While today’s executive order is not exhaustive and much more needs to be done, we know that it will help save lives. “In the two … Continue Reading
May 23, 2022
Congresswoman Bush Selects Fifteen St. Louis Projects for FY23 Federal Community Funding Projects
ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) announced the fifteen requests totaling over $24 million that her office put forward for the Fiscal Year 2023 Community Project Funding process. Each United States Representative is permitted to request funding for the upcoming Fiscal Year for up to fifteen Community Project initiatives in their district with demonstrated community support. Only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to … Continue Reading
May 20, 2022
Cori Bush, Congressional Black Caucus Call on Biden to Cancel Student Debt
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) joined her fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus in releasing the below statement calling for student loan debt cancellation “The $1.7 trillion student loan debt crisis is a racial and economic justice issue disproportionately impacting Black communities across the nation. We are calling on the Biden Administration to implement broad-based student loan debt cancellation by executive action. We are committed … Continue Reading
May 19, 2022
Congresswoman Bush Statement on Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act Floor Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the below statement following the floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 350, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act: “White supremacist violence is not an aberration – it is embedded in American institutions. Unfortunately, the Republican Party has become the party of unfettered white supremacist violence. We must be swift in condemning it. But in order to truly eradicate it, we … Continue Reading
May 10, 2022
Bush Statement on Ukraine Supplemental Funding Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the below statement following the House of Representatives vote on legislation Related to Supplemental Funding for Ukraine: “This evening, I voted in support of the Ukraine supplemental aid package to provide assistance to Ukrainians who are resisting Russian aggression with a heroic amount of resolve and unrelenting resilience. As the murderous Putin regime desperately accelerates its brutality in Ukraine, my vote … Continue Reading
May 05, 2022
Congresswoman Bush Delivers $4.3 million in Community Project Funding on “Health Care Heroes” Tour
ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) traveled across St. Louis on a “Health Care Heroes” tour delivering checks to the recipients of her Community Funding Projects for Fiscal Year 2022. Congresswoman Bush successfully won all ten of her projects their full funding amounts, totaling more than $9 million for Missouri’s First Congressional District. The tour kicked off at Affinia Healthcare at 2:30pm CT, where the Congresswoman joined Affinia … Continue Reading
April 21, 2022
Cori Bush, Department of Health & Human Services Announce $3.8 Million Grant to St. Louis Urban League
ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and the Department of Health & Human Services announced a $3,861,471 million award to fund additional programming at the St. Louis Urban League’s Head Start initiative. “Every child deserves to get a good education in our community,” said Congresswoman Cori Bush. “I was proud to help secure the passage and signing into law of the American Rescue Plan last March. This historic package has yielded … Continue Reading
April 06, 2022
Bush, Sanders, Crow Introduce Energy Security and Independence Act of 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) introduced the Energy Security and Independence Act, a historic effort to strengthen America's renewable energy supply chain through the Defense Production Act and invest in programs to lower utility prices. "The days of energy security being synonymous with a reliance on human rights violators like Russia and Saudi Arabia, or a propagation of corporate profits for … Continue Reading
April 01, 2022
Cori Bush Votes In Favor of Marijuana Decriminalization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) voted yes on H.R. 3617, the historic Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act from House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (NY-10). The legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now moves to the U.S. Senate. “Fifty years into the failed and racist War on Drugs, even after more than 18 states that have legalized recreational marijuana use, marijuana possession remains the most arrested … Continue Reading